When Harold Pinter’s masterpiece The Homecoming first premiered on Broadway some four decades ago, the dramatized hostility was met with equal hostility from the bourgeois audience, as witnessed by the playwright himself: One of the greatest theatrical nights of my life was the opening of The Homecoming in New York. There was the audience. It was 1967. I'm not sure they've changed very much, but it really was your mink coats and suits. Money. And......

Today we have illusionists like David Blaine performing "stunts" in the city, but back in the day there was the real deal stuntman, Evel Knievel. Just after making news by making nice with Kanye West (after suing him over this video), he died yesterday in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 69. The NY Times reports he had "failing health for years with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung condition. In 1999, he......

Earlier this year one artist's chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ wasn't leaving a good taste with many, 41% of you calling it "sacrilege." However, 34% of you wanted one for Easter! Maybe Halloween will do, because it looks like it's been resurrected!"My Sweet Lord," an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday. This......

On June 6, 2004, a woman's dead body was found in a steamer trunk on East 13th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Years later, the police have found the murderer. Or, rather, the murderer found them. The Post reports that Michael Mohr of Arizona appeared at a precinct to confess. Mohr said that Jesus Christ made him confess, after undergoing a religious conversion. Apparently Mohr and the victim, a homeless woman named Myrna Gonzalez,......

A NY Times reporter spent yesterday observing and experiencing the Reverend Al Sharpton's action rally at his National Action Network headquarters. On most Saturdays, the so-called House of Justice on West 145th Street can feel as casual as the International House of Pancakes 10 blocks south. Anyone can walk in and take a seat. The words etched onto the large tinted window at the entrance, facing 145th Street, read not House of Justice or......

Yesterday was Good Friday, and Christians in the city remembered the day that Jesus Christ was crucified. One group, Communion and Liberation, carried a cross across the Brooklyn Bridge to St. Peter's Church on Barclay as part of the Way of the Cross reenactment. One of the Christian organization's members told NY1, "It always has a special significance that we commemorate that day also as part of Good Friday, because it's the idea of......

-- Starting October 9th, Mastercard is giving away free subway rides at 6-line stations-- but you have to have one of their PayPass cards or keychains. Sadly, you can't ask Mastercard why the MTA's security projects are lagging. -- Is there anything more embarassing than getting your ass kicked at the Harvard Club? -- Some good news: at least one working factory will survive in East Williamsburg-- that means 100 manufacturing jobs will stay......

As Gothamist emerges from Fringe madness, there’s a bit of catching up to do. So today we bring you ideas about what shows to see next, and a review of one of them, Revolution Row, which aims to bring liberals’ bad dreams to life by showing what things might be like if religious conservatives get what they want. First, things to keep in mind/in BlackBerry for the coming weeks: The New York Musical Theatre Festival......

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Are you tired out from the onslaught of summer theatre festivals? Still got enough to juice for a closing song and dance number? The New York Musical Theatre Festival throws open its doors on Monday, September 13th with an Opening Gala -- a dinner reception, performance and opening night party (at the China Club) apparently featuring their Honorary Gala Chair, Brian Stokes Mitchell of Ragtime and Kiss Me Kate fame. So what is it? According......

Gothamist hasn't been tallying the covers of the Daily News or Post, but it seems that they like to pull out the ol' file photos of some of NYC's infamous figures to put on the cover from time to time. Take today's Daily News cover that reveals that David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz has a website. Yes, Berkowitz has a website where he writes about everything, from September 11, gay marriage, wanting forgiveness, and prison......

Just a few steps away from those beacons of commercialism, the Time-Warner Center, is a modest 3-story, kind of ugly building that houses the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) in New York. The church has finished a renovation project and is opening their doors this Saturday for the curious. While this is probably an effort by the church to spread the word, Gothamist knows that the visitors will be made......

Newsweek' Newsmakers column decides to ask Sarah Jessica Parker a couple questions and she gets feisty! There’s a fire at your home, God forbid, and you can save only one pair of shoes. Manolos or Jimmy Choos? I don’t wear Jimmy Choos. I only ever wear Manolos. [While Gothamist has heard that Manolo Blahnik (or his manager) doesn't give out free shoes, we're sure there's a little kickback to Sex and the City.] OK. A......

Have you ever wondered if you could transform your slightly overweight, very near-sighted, and extremely white self into Tupac Shakur? No, neither did we, but Brooklyn-based artist Tom Sanford (fellow Columbia University alum) is asking that question as well as documenting the answer his new blog, Thug4Life. The last we heard, Tom was in the Columbia alumni newsletter - word had it he was creating "rap star pietas." That is, paintings of rap stars......

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